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Dialler fraud is a fraud involving the hijacking of a dial-up modem or computer to force it to repeatedly dial a premium-rate telephone number, running up the victim's phone bill.

Operation
Dialler fraud occurs when a computer connected to a modem is either hacked or has a virus installed on it by someone visiting a website run by fraudster. The virus will then adjust the dial-up modem so that when the victim logs onto the internet, the computer will call a premium phone number repeatedly which could cost up to £1.50 a minute in the United Kingdom. The money earned from victims paying via their telephone provider would usually be laundered through bank accounts various countries.

Examples
Between 2002 and 2004, BT Group in the United Kingdom recieved 80,000 complaints about dialler fraud from customers charged for telephone calls they had not made. BT claimed that instead of taking the money they would normally earn from these calls, they announced they were giving it to Childline. Jeffrey Robinson challenged them over this, stating it was money laundering having recieved such a bill. He refused to pay under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.